Medical References
Cardiac Problems
- Acute Cardiac Tamponade
- Amiodarone for Resuscitation after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Ventricular Fibrillation
- A Comparison of Coronary Angioplasty with Fibrinolytic Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Cardiac Resuscitation
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Care after Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery
- Heart Failure in Aortic Stenosis - Improving Diagnosis and Treatment
- Early Revascularizatin in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock
- Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation
- Sirolimus-Eluting Stents versus Standard Stents in Patients with Stenosis in a Native Coronary Artery
- ST-Segment Elevation in Conditions Other Than Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Ventricular Septal Rupture after Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome in Aortic Stenosis
GI Problems
- Effect of Intravenous Albumin on Renal Impairment and Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
- A Comparison Of Sucralfate And Ranitidine For The Prevention Of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding In Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
- Diagnosis and management of intestinal ischaemic disorders
- Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
- A Comparison Of Omeprazole And Placebo For Bleeding Peptic Ulcer
GI Problems
- Effect of Intravenous Albumin on Renal Impairment and Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
- A Comparison Of Sucralfate And Ranitidine For The Prevention Of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding In Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
- Diagnosis and management of intestinal ischaemic disorders
- Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
- A Comparison Of Omeprazole And Placebo For Bleeding Peptic Ulcer
Heme and Transfusion
- Platelet-Active Drugs
- Cox Inhibitors And Thromboregulation
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
- Efficacy of recombinant human erythropoietin in the critically ill patient: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
- Efficacy of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin in Critically Ill Patients
- Hemostatic Drugs
- Low-Molecular-Weight Heparins
- Temporal Aspects Of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
- Blood Transfusion In Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Transfusion Medicine (Part 1 of 2)
- Transfusion Medicine (Part 2 of 2)
- A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial Of Transfusion Requirements In Critical Care
- The Effect of Arterial Lines On Blood-Drawing Practices And Costs In Intensive Care Units
Infectious Diseases
- Antibiotic Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit
- A Comparison Of Two Antimicrobial-Impregnated Central Venous Catheters
- Comparison Of Caspofungin And Amphotericin B For Invasive Candidiasis
- Preventing Complications of Central Venous Catheterization
- Voriconazole Versus Amphotericin B For Primary Therapy Of Invasive Aspergillosis
- Voriconazole Compared With Liposomal Amphotericin B For Empirical Antifungal Therapy In Patients With Neutropenia And Persistent Fever
- West Nile Virus: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Prevention
Miscellaneous Drugs
- Platelet-Active Drugs
- The Coxibs, Selective Inhibitors Of Cyclooxygenase-2
- A Comparison Of Sucralfate And Ranitidine For The Prevention Of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding In Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation
- Intensive Insulin Therapy In Critically Ill Patients
- Renal-dose dopamine: will the message now get through?
- Low-dose dopamine in patients with early renal dysfunction: a placebo-controlled randomised trial
General ICU
- Diagnosis of Metabolic Acid–Base Disturbances in Critically Ill Patients
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Preventing Complications of Central Venous Catheterization
- Evidence-Based Strategies To Decrease Morbidity, Mortality, And Length Of Stay In Icu Patients
- Increased Mortality Associated With Growth Hormone Treatment In Critically Ill Adults
- Heat Stroke
- Discrepancies Between Meta-Analyses And Subsequent Large Randomized, Controlled Trials
- Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
- Gas Embolism
- The Obese Patient in the ICU
- Outcome data and scoring systems
- Pressure ulcers in intensive care patients: a review of risks and prevention
- Residents’ Suggestions for Reducing Errors in Teaching Hospitals
- Daily Interruption Of Sedative Infusions In Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation
Neurological Problems
Perioperative
- Effect Of Atenolol On Mortality And Cardiovascular Morbidity After Noncardiac Surgery
- Multicenter, prospective, randomized, single-blind study comparing the efficacy and gastrointestinal complications of early jejunal feeding with early gastric feeding in critically ill patients
- Intensive Insulin Therapy In Critically Ill Patients
- The Effect Of Bisoprolol On Perioperative Mortality And Myocardial Infarction In High-Risk Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery
- Perioperative Normothermia To Reduce The Incidence Of Surgical-Wound Infection And Shorten Hospitalization
- Pulmonary Complications Following Lung Resection
- Reducing the risk of major elective surgery: randomised controlled trial of preoperative optimisation of oxygen delivery
Pulmonary Vents
- Aspiration Pneumonitis And Aspiration Pneumonia
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Cardiovascular Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Patients with Heart Failure and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Causes of hypercarbia with oxygen therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Interventional Pulmonology
- Review of a Pathophysiologic Approach to the Golden Hour of Hemodynamically Significant Pulmonary Embolism
- Uncontrolled Oxygen Administration and Respiratory Failure in Acute Asthma
- Pulmonary Embolism
- The Perioperative Management of Patients With Severe Emphysema
- Pleural Effusion
- The Evaluation of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism
- Clinical Aspects of Respiratory Muscle Dysfunction in the Critically Ill
- Identification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Canada
- The Timing of Tracheotomy
- Heparin Plus Alteplase Compared With Heparin Alone In Patients With Submassive Pulmonary Embolism
- The Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
ARDS
- Effect Of A Protective-Ventilation Strategy On Mortality In The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Pulmonary Dead-Space Fraction As A Risk Factor For Death In The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Editorial on Prone ARDS
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Caused by Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Disease
- Effect Of Prone Positioning On The Survival Of Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure
- Ventilation With Lower Tidal Volumes As Compared With Traditional Tidal Volumes For Acute Lung Injury And The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Evaluation Of A Ventilation Strategy To Prevent Barotrauma In Patients At High Risk For Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Effect Of A Protective-Ventilation Strategy On Mortality In The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Treatment of ARDS
Renal
- Continuous Hemofiltration in the Treatment of Acute Renal Failure
- Daily Hemodialysis and the Outcome of Acute Renal Failure
- Dialysis Therapy
- Prevention Of Radiographic-Contrast-Agent–Induced Reductions In Renal Function By Acetylcysteine
- Acute Oliguria
- The Prevention of Radiocontrast-Agent- Induced Nephropathy by Hemofiltration
Sepsis and Shock
- High-Dose Antithrombin III in Severe Sepsis
- Immediate vs. Delayed Fluid Resuscitation for Hypotensive Patients with Penetrating Torso Injuries
- The endothelium in sepsis: Source of and a target for inflammation
- The Epidemiology of Sepsis in the United States from 1979 through 2000
- The Arc of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter
- A Trial Of Goal-Oriented Hemodynamic Therapy In Critically Ill Patients
- Prospective Randomized Studies of Targeted Supranormal Cardiorespiratory Parameters
- Vena Caval Filter Use in Patients with Sepsis
- Lactic acidosis
- Inflammation, coagulopathy, and the pathogenesis of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
- Fever in Immunocompromised Patients
- Role of NFkB in the Mortality of Sepsis
- A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Use of Pulmonary-Artery Catheters in High-Risk Surgical Patients
- Pulmonary artery occlusion pressure
- The Pathophysiology and Treatment of Sepsis
- Confidential inquiry into quality of care before admission to intensive care
- Mitochondrial Respiratory-Chain Diseases
- Efficacy And Safety Of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C For Severe Sepsis
- The Epidemiology of Sepsis in the United States from 1979 through 2000
- Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on: Mediator-Director Therapy in Sepsis
- A Critical Assessment of Endpoints of Shock Resuscitation
- Treatment Of Septic Shock With The Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor:Fc Fusion Protein
- The Pathogenesis of Vasodilatory Shock
- Beneficial Effects of Short-term Vasopressin Infusion during Severe Septic Shock
- Physiology of Vasopressin Relevant to Management of Septic Shock
Required Reading
- Effect Of Atenolol On Mortality And Cardiovascular Morbidity After Noncardiac Surgery
- Evidence-Based Strategies To Decrease Morbidity, Mortality, And Length Of Stay In ICU Patients
- A Trial Of Goal-Oriented Hemodynamic Therapy In Critically Ill Patients
- Early Goal-Directed Therapy In The Treatment Of Severe Sepsis And Septic Shock
- Intensive Insulin Therapy In Critically Ill Patients
- A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Use of Pulmonary-Artery Catheters in High-Risk Surgical Patients
- The Pathophysiology and Treatment of Sepsis
- Ventilation With Lower Tidal Volumes As Compared With Traditional Tidal Volumes For Acute Lung Injury And The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Treatment of ARDS
- Efficacy And Safety Of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C For Severe Sepsis
- A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial Of Transfusion Requirements In Critical Care